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For anyone who still doubts the financial services sector needs anything more than a post-slump facelift, our latest Search for Answers report [request a copy: searchforanswers@lansons.com] lays out the depth of distrust and cynicism now felt by...

I think it says something about modern communication when a venerable institution set up in 1825 invokes a famous song from the 1960s to raise awareness now among consumers to use the services of solicitors. But it begs the question: given our...

Shortly before leaving for his US visit this week, the Prime Minister chaired his regular ‘Democratic Renewal’ Cabinet Sub Committee. Meetings of this body rarely have much significance, if any, for the business community but the Agenda for...

Journalists and PRs often have an interesting relationship. Essentially we are both sides of the same coin. I say “we” because after 10 years as a broadcast journalist and two running a broadcast and online pr department I can claim a foot in...

This is the second consecutive year the Liberal Democrats have decamped to Bournemouth, and judged against last year it is impossible not to find this year’s conference a little muted. 2008 was not a vintage conference nor did it pass without...

The journey starts here
This is a hedge fund evolution. At his recent public showdown with Poul Nyrop Rasmussen, architect of the EU’s AIFM Directive, Paul Myners commended the hedge fund industry for its lobbying efforts, and at the same time...

Dixons vs. John Lewis
John Lewis is having a tough time of it of late, as its recent 20pc slump in first-half pre-tax profits revealed. And not only does it expect things to be equally as “fragile” for the year ahead, but it has also taken...

Brands. The release of Interbrand’s latest annual Best Global Brands report saw brands that align themselves with value, such as Ikea, Kellogg’s and Heinz, enjoy a steady climb in their brand equity as staying in became the new going out in...